Crossword-Solution: OVERLATE 8 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 11

His Grace's messenger reached me overlate, and for all that I set out with a company of my men, I put back when I had reached Lautrec upon hearing that already a decisive battle had been fought and that our side had suffered a crushing defeat.” He uttered a weary sigh.

But he had yielded overlate to leave a good impression and, as Kenneth turned away, it was with a curse upon Galliard, for whom his detestation seemed to increase at every step.

Kenneth replied that the hour was overlate to be setting out upon a journey, and he requested Galliard to wait until to-day, when he would be ready to fulfil what he had promised.

And yet as she walked the meadow a fear upon her came, What deeds are the deeds of women in their anguish and their shame; And many a heavy warning and many a word of fate By the lips of Sigurd spoken she remembereth overlate; Yet e'en to the heart within her she dissembleth all her dread.

Again the lad approached the door and listened; then going to the porter he said: 'This drenching storm will tear the last poor leaves from the forest trees, I ween, Sir Falk.' 'Of a truth,' said the porter, ''tis overlate for leaves.